Waterfront Toronto breaks ground on river valley of Port Lands Flood Protection Project
Flood protection essential to waterfront redevelopment and revitalization
Today in the Port Lands, Waterfront Toronto and all three orders of government took another important step for waterfront revitalization by breaking ground on a new river valley as part of the Port Lands Flood Protection project, one of the most ambitious construction projects in Toronto's history.
Governments of Canada, Ontario, Toronto and Waterfront Toronto celebrate the start of construction in Toronto’s Port Lands
January 11, 2018, Toronto, Ontario — Re-naturalizing and flood protecting the Port Lands is a key priority for the governments of Canada, Ontario and Toronto. Building resilient infrastructure in the Port Lands will increase Toronto’s capacity to adapt to climate change impacts and unlock the potential for the Port Lands to be home to the healthy, prosperous complete communities of the future.
Building on Sustainability: Villiers Island
POSTED: OCTOBER 16, 2017
BY: AARON BARTER
Once completed in 2024, Port Lands Flood Protection will create a new mouth for the Don River, river valley, parkland and natural habitat. The new 1,000-metre river valley will run through the Port Lands, south of the existing Shipping Channel, creating a new island, which we’re calling Villiers Island.
Waterfront Toronto Receives $1.25 Billion in Government Funding to Undertake Pioneering Project to Flood Protect Port Lands
New Mouth for the Don River, Parkland, Natural Habitat and Other Infrastructure to Set Foundations for Development of Climate-Resilient, Large-Scale Urban Asset
Lower Don Lands
The Lower Don Lands - a 125 hectare (308 acre) area that runs from the Parliament Street Slip east to the Don Roadway and from the rail corridor south to the Ship Channel - is Waterfront Toronto’s most complex and ambitious project to date. Planning for the area needed to address a myriad of requirements and challenges including flood protection, infrastructure, urban design and transportation, plus a comprehensive process was needed to produce a master vision to integrate the various components.